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Lot 510
Collection of bronze vessels Chinese comprising of two bronze vases, a miniature bronze censer, an open leaf shaped cup and a 'pomegranate' shaped censer, largest vase 22.5cm high (5) Condition: Twin handled vase doesn't have a base. The foot may have been added later as there are unusual markings, however this may be from the manufacture. There are some scratches, marks and scuffs to all. Small censer is damaged and repaired. Large vase has large dents. Lid/finial possibly altered. Large censer worn throughout, the lip of the lid is bent out of shape.
Lot 548
Bronze rectangular incense burner Chinese, 18th Century the unusual form reminiscent of a table, with flat-topped handles, apocryphal six character Xuande mark, 17cm x 10cm x 10cm Note; for a similar incense burner see Sotheby's Hong Kong sale - 'Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Gerard Hawthorn' 3rd December 2015, Lot 2 Provenance: a private collector Condition: light marks, wear and scratches consistent with age. 1035g approx overall.
Lot 560
Bronze ritual tripod wine vessel, Jue Chinese, 18th/19th Century raised on three curved blade supports and cast around the exterior with taotie masks dissolved in small scrolls, with a pair of tall posts with whorl bosses rising from the rim, 19.5cm high Provenance: Acquired by the vendor's father at various London auction houses in the mid 20th CenturyCondition: discolouration to the body as to be expected
Lot 561
Bronze inscribed dish Chinese, 17/18th Century the centre of the dish cast with eight lines of calligraphy, the base signed with two further symbols, surrounded by two dragons chasing the flaming pearl, with four squat stylized feet, 13cm across Provenance: Acquired by the vendor's father at various London auction houses in the mid 20th Century Condition: very small losses around the edges, lots of wear as to be expected with age
Lot 562
Archaic bronze ritual vessel, Zun Chinese, 18th/19th Century central section cast in shallow relief with two taotie masks on a leiwen ground with an inscription to the bottom interior of the vase, 20cm high Provenance: Acquired by the vendor's father at various London auction houses in the mid 20th Century Condition: very worn as to be expected with age along with large scratches all over, some minor losses around the rim
Lot 564
Bronze archaic vessel, Ting Chinese the lid of the vessel surmounted by looped finials, 14cm high Provenance: Acquired by the vendor's father at various London auction houses in the mid 20th Century Condition: badly damaged with losses, two of the legs are missing, one of the handles is also loose
Lot 565
Archaic bronze dagger Chinese, probably late Shang, 12th-11th Century BC with a tapered edge to the blade leading to the tip, 32cm across Provenance: Acquired by the vendor's father at various London auction houses in the mid 20th Century Condition: weathered all over with small losses around the edges
Lot 568
Cast bronze figure of Guanyin Chinese, Yuan/Ming cast with a large crown of flames behind her head, dressed in the traditional robes, the reverse with six lines of calligraphy, 14.5cm high Provenance: Acquired by the vendor's father at various London auction houses in the mid 20th Century Condition: very worn as to be expected with age
Lot 569
Gilt bronze belt hook Chinese, Han dynasty - Six dynasties period (206 BC - AD 589) cast as a lizard, with a green hard stone to the top and traces of the original gold, the hook end stylized as an animal, 9cm across Provenance: Acquired by the vendor's father at various London auction houses in the mid 20th Century Condition: wear as to be expected with age, looks like it is missing a hardstone
Lot 571
Bronze model of a phoenix Chinese with stylized symbols over the body, 13.5cm high Provenance: Acquired by the vendor's father at various London auction houses in the mid 20th Century Condition: general wear with some losses to the top, looks like it would of been attached to an object so there is a hole to the centre
Lot 610
Two archaic bronzes Chinese comprising of a hand mirror engraved to the centre with two horses in a woodland landscape 16cm and a small bronze mirror decorated around the centre in a circular pattern of flowers, 6cm across (2) Condition: hand mirror bronze is very discoloured and weathered, the other mirror has a crack in the metal and similar discolouration, both worn and scratches
Lot 801
Silver 800 standard pocket watch late 19th Century made for the Turkish market, retailed by S Serkisoff & Co, Constantinople, with short Albert chain, a Turkish white metal small dish and an Islamic bronze ring (3) Condition: Watch glass scratched and case very worn, runs when wound but not sure for how long. ring worn and dish worn with the white metal rubbed and dented in parts
Lot 816
Group of metal pieces Chinese, Japanese and Indian including a Shiva metal dish 31cm, a bronze Chinese dish with kylin and wave engraved designs and dragon mark 24.5cm, two Japanese mixed metal pieces 26cm and 18cm and an Indian inlaid metal bowl, 14cm (5) Condition: all with wear and marks consistent with age
Lot 846
Gilt bronze vase Japanese, late Meiji of inverted baluster form cast in high relief with sparrow upon a single spray of chrysanthemums, signed in Sosho, 25cm high Condition: at present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot. This in no way indicates a good condition. Please contact the saleroom for a full condition report
Lot 873
Safavid style bronze model of an elephant Iran, 18th Century engraved to the body with an hunting scene intertwined palmettes and other symbols, supported by a later wooden base, 19.5cm across Condition: appears to be missing the tail, it has been made in sections which is evident across the top, some small holes and cracks in the casting, the bronze is rubbed away in parts
Lot 126
Pair: Trooper R. Griffiths, 89th (Montgomeryshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between first and second clasps (32650 Tpr. R. Griffiths. 89th Coy. Imp. Yeo:); Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry Tribute Medal 1901, 38mm, bronze, the obverse featuring the arms of Mongomeryshire, ‘Mongomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry’ around, the reverse featuring a mounted trooper with a soldier knelt firing a rifle at his side, ‘South African Campaign 1901’ around, unnamed, mounted with straight bar suspension, minor edge bruising, generally very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Robert Griffiths was born in Stockton on Tees in 1879 and enlisted in Imperial Yeomanry at Ruabon on 23 February 1901, giving his trade as collier. He declared prior service in the 1st Volunteer Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers and giving his home address 2 Brook Street, Rhosymedre. He served with the 89th (Montgomeryshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War for 344 days, and was discharged medically unfit from the 1st Provisional Battalion Imperial Yeomanry at Shorncliffe on 2 May 1902, after 1 year and 69 days’ service.
Lot 134
Six: Petty Officer First Class H. Sayce, Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (H. Sayce, P.O. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Wallaroo.); 1914-15 Star (132956. H. Sayce. P.O.1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (132956 H. Sayce. L.S. R.N.); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (Henry Sayce. R.N. May. 3. 1907) with Second Award clasp dated ‘26th Nov 1918’, with bronze ribbon buckle; Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd issue, silver (To Henry Sayce. For Gallant Service. 26th Nov: 1918) with silver ribbon buckle, mounted for wear, good very fine (6) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Edrington Collection 1980 and Fevyer collection 2008. M.I.D. London Gazette 13 April 1915. For ‘good behaviour and coolness under fire’ aboard H.M.S. Mersey off the coast of Belgium, 17 October to 9 November 1914. ‘Awarded Testimonial on Vellum by Royal Humane Society for helping to save life on 2. 10. 1900’ (Ref. service papers). R.H.S. Bronze Medal (Case No. 35,280): ‘On the 3rd May, 1907, A. P. Truscott, an A.B., threw himself from a boat into Portsmouth harbour. Henry Sayce, Petty Officer, H.M.S. Excellent, jumped in and rescued him in an unconscious state.’ Clasp to R.H.S. Medal (Case No. 44,619) and Liverpool Shipwreck Silver Medal and Certificate of Thanks: ‘To Customs Officer Henry Sayce, for bravely diving into the River Mersey from the St George’s Landing Stage, Liverpool, and rescuing a man immersed, on the 26th November, 1918.’ Henry Sayce was born at Pembroke Dock, Pembroke, on 16 July 1869, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Impregnable on 12 May 1885. He rose to become Petty Officer 1st Class in April 1896 but was demoted to Leading Seaman in September 1898 for incompetence, thus denying himself the award of the L.S. & G.C. medal. He served aboard Wallaroo from February 1900 to December 1903, achieving Petty Officer status once again in June 1900. Pensioned to shore in July 1909, he was recalled for war service on 2 August 1914. Sold with copied service papers, gazette extracts and other research.
Lot 16
Three: Private R. I. Jenkins, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (14073 Pte. R. I. Jenkins, R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (14073 Pte. R. I. Jenkins R.W. Fus.); together with a British Expeditionary Force Salonika, Recreational Training Sports prize medallion, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘R. I. Jenkins’, very fine (4) £60-£80 --- Richard Ivor Jenkins attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 September 1915. He saw further service with the Battalion in Salonika, and at some time was attached to 67th Trench Mortar Battery. He was demobilised on 11 April 1919. The 11th (Service) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers was raised in Wrexham on 18 October 1914 as part of Kitchener’s third New Army and joined 67th Brigade in the 22nd Division. There is only one Richard Ivor Jenkins recorded in the 1911 Census for Wales, a 15 year old, residing in his parents home at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.
Lot 164
Five: Chief Petty Officer G. Roach, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J.6058 G. Roach. L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.6058 G. Roach. P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.6058 G. Roach. C.P.O., H.M.S. Vivid); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (George Roach, A.B., 23rd Sept. 1915) some edge bruising, fine and better (5) £280-£320 --- George Roach was born in Devonport on 28 April 1894. A Shipyard Rigger by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in April 1909 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in August 1910. On the battleship Collingwood, he was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in April 1911 and to Able Seaman in July 1913. With the onset of war he was serving on the cruiser Doris. He was serving on that vessel in the Eastern Mediterranean when he effected a rescue resulting in the award of the R.H.S. Medal in Bronze: ‘On the 23rd September 1915, a man accidentally fell overboard from a boat in a rough sea at Mudros. Roach at once jumped in from his ship and succeeded in saving him’ (R.H.S. Case No. 42988). Shortly afterwards, in October 1915 he was advanced to Leading Seaman and thence to Petty Officer in November 1916. Promoted to Chief Petty Officer in December 1924, he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1927. With copied record of service.
Lot 17
Three: Private A. Y. Thomas, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (3196 Pte. A. Y. Thomas. R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (3196 Pte. A. Y. Thomas, R.W.Fus.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge numbered, B.88219, with original safety chain fitting in original numbered box of issue and named and numbered issue slip; and a St. Dunstan’s Billiard Fund Prize Medallion, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘A. Thomas, 1922’, in fitted case, extremely fine (5) £60-£80 --- Albert Yorke Thomas was born at Penmaenmawr, Caernarvonshire, North Wales, in 1896 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 4 January 1915. He served during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 8 August 1915; his pension records indicate that he suffered a crushing injury to his foot while on active service and he was awarded the Silver War Badge prior to being discharged on 2 January 1919.
Lot 214
Four: Able Seaman J. R. Bowman, Royal Navy, who was one of the twelve survivors from the loss of the Hampshire which was mined and sunk on 5 June 1916 with the loss of over 700 souls including Field Marshal Kitchener; he afterwards served aboard the Q-ship Ceanothus 1914-15 Star (J.15315, J. R. Bowman. A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.15315. J. R. Bowman. A.B., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.15315 J. R. Bowman. A.B. H.M.S. Victory.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare (4) £600-£800 --- John Robert Bowman was born in the Parish of East Rushton, Stalham, Norfolk, on 31 March 1896, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 9 January 1912, a carpenter by trade. On the outbreak of war in 1914, he was serving in H.M.S. Hampshire and remained on Hampshire’s books until 10 June 1916, five days after she was sunk. The cruiser Hampshire had just taken part in the battle of Jutland during which she is credited with the sinking of a German light cruiser and a submarine which she sank by ramming in the early hours of the battle. She was now selected for special duty to convey Lord Kitchener and his staff to Russia on a most important and top secret mission. Kitchener arrived at Scapa Flow on the morning of 5th June, with a north-easterly gale already well-established and no change forecast. A route was selected away from the known U-boat locations which was also thought to be clear of mines. The Hampshire left at 4.45pm but the gale was so strong that the escorting destroyers were ordered to return and the Hampshire reduced speed and carried on alone. At about 7.40pm, in a position between Marwick Head and the Brough of Birsay, she struck a mine and sank within 15 minutes. It was later ascertained that the U-75 had laid a minefield on 28/29th May. Three rafts carrying some 50-70 men each managed to get away, but the seas and intense cold caused nearly all to perish in a short period of time. One boat was lowered but smashed with the loss of its occupants. The following morning 1 Warrant Officer and 11 men from the rafts, including Able Seaman Bowman, reached the rocky Orkney coast in safety. Others who landed thereabouts died soon afterwards from exposure. Survivors stated that Kitchener and his staff came up onto the quarterdeck to get into a boat and Able Seaman Bowman answered questions on this matter in the subsequent Court of Enquiry as follows: ‘What were you doing when the explosion occurred? Standing by hammocks in the Gun Room flat. Did you see any military Officers there? There were three came up the hatch just in front of me. On to the upper deck? Yes, Sir. Who were they? I don’t know. Was one a very tall man with stooping shoulders? Yes, one was very tall. Dressed in khaki? Yes, in Khaki. Did anyone tell you who he was? I heard he was Lord Kitchener. State briefly what happened. We were standing by hammocks and we heard what sounded like a big sea hit the ship. About a second after someone shouted out “No panic lads.” I could not get up aft and went forward to the Marines hatch. Then I went up the after hatch. I went on the upper deck and saw the Captain by the galley. He was shouting out for Lord Kitchener to get into the boat. Then I went to the starboard side, launched the float and got into her. How did you launch the float? She was on slips and we pushed her off. The float pulled me in with it. Can you swim? Yes, Sir. Did you have a lifebelt on? No, Sir. How many men were there in your float? About forty. Did the men in the raft have lifebelts or waistcoats on? A very few had waistcoats. Were they any good? They kept them afloat. But it was the cold and the exposure that killed them. Were any boats launched from the ship? No, Sir. I saw none. I saw a whaler turned out but she broke in halves. Was the explosion caused by a mine or a torpedo? A mine. Did you see Lord Kitchener when the Captain was singing out? No, Sir. Did they get the galley out? Yes, Sir. In the water? I could not say. She was slung on the third cutter’s davits.’ Bowman was transferred to H.M.S. Rocket on 11 June 1916, and later served on the Q-ship Ceanothus (aka Caird and Linkman) from 30 October 1917 to 29 April 1919. His L.S. & G.C. medal was awarded in May 1929. He passed for Rigger in April 1933 and was pensioned on 1 April 1936, but continued to serve as A.B. (Pensioner) in various ships and shore establishments. On 28 September 1939, he joined the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Ranpura which sailed for India in September 1939 and spent Christmas there, returning to Atlantic convoy duty early in 1940. Bowman returned to shore on the books of Victory I on 17 December 1941, and remained shore-based until his final release on 13 September 1945. He died in Norfolk in 1968. Sold with five later Sports Medals: Silver (Tug of War Bermuda 1927 J. R. Bowman); Silver America & West Indies Station 1927, Cutters Challenge Cup (J. R. Bowman A.B.); Silver and Gold (Three Mile Whaler Race 1928 ”Bermuda” J. R. Bowman); Silver ‘Heavy Tug of War 1928 H.M.S. Despatch’, Bermuda (J. R. Bowman); Bronze Tug of War, ‘Med Fleet 1934 Runner Up 130 Stone’, this last unnamed, all but the first cased or boxed; together with a contemporary photographic image of F.M. Kitchener in uniform wearing medals, a postcard photograph of the recipient and full research.
Lot 48
A LOUIS XV GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND PARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT stamped I DUBOIS JME ,the serpentine velvet lined top above a frieze, with three drawers ,opposing dummy drawers on cabriole legs, with gilt bronze female masks and foliate mounts, 77cm high, 119cm wide and 68cm deep Condition Report: Available upon request
Lot 199
A collection of various objets de vertus including a 1914-18 medal awarded to "MG Wylde V.A.D", together with Victory medal, a small patinated bronze figure of a teutonic warrior shielding himself against arrows, 7 cm high, a miniature brass model of wrestlers, 2.5 cm x 1.9 cm, a small matchbox containing miniature bone dominoes, an articulated fish charm, bone Maltese Cross pendant, two mother of pearl mounted penknives, an ivory mounted penknife, two lighters, miniature Stratford-on-Avon charm photograph album, an Australian Commonwealth chrome plated car badge with red enamel decoration, etc
Lot 262
A basket of various objets de vertus including an Indian hardwood and shell lidded box, 21 cm x 22 cm x approx 4.5 cm thick, together with a Victorian carved ivory cross pendant, intricately decorated with flowers and wreath, approx 9.2 cm x 5.3 cm, an early 19th Century Bilston type enamel box, inscribed to lid "A token of love", 3.6 cm x 3 cm x 2.8 cm, a set of three verdigris patinated bronze figures of monkeys "Hear No Evil", "See No Evil", "Speak No Evil", a carved and painted blackamoor musician novelty box and a carved soapstone monkey vase, 10 cm x 7.3 cm high
Lot 92
A 19th Century Continental bronze figure of "Athena Giustininia with her serpent Erichthonius" after the Roman copy of the Greek original, 25.3 cm high, raised on a later wooden stand, 27.3 cm high overallCondition ReportBasically in sound condition, but with signs of wear and tear conducive to age and use. Some dents and scratching particularly to the the hand holding the robe. Casting fault just above the elbow on the right arm. All over fairly dusty and with surface grime. See images for further detail.
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